On 18/04/2009, at 11:16 AM, Barry & Leith Johnston wrote:
On 18/04/2009, at 11:03 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
On 18/04/2009, at 10:55 AM, Barry & Leith Johnston wrote:
On 18/04/2009, at 10:37 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
On 18/04/2009, at 9:07 AM, Barry & Leith Johnston wrote:
Good Morning everyone. I have just received a new memory stick
and can't remember how to format it. Have system 10.4.10 Imac 7.1
Any ideas ???
Thanks Barry Johnston.
Hello Barry,
What size Memory Stick is it?
Is it USB 2 speed bus thumb drive?
Usually thumb flash drives are already formatted asMS-DOS (FAT32)
When the thumb drive is mounted, open Disk Utility in
Applications > Utilities and select the thumb drive in the left
hand pane.
At the bottom of the window what format does it claim the drive is?
Cheers,
Ronni
Thanks Ronni. The dialog box that comes up is called Toshiba
TransMemmory Media. The bottom of the window gives Disc
Description, Connection Bus, Connection Type, USB Serial No.,
Total Capacity, Write Status, SMART Status, and Partition Scheme.
There is no mention of the format. I did however see the format
somewhere else(can't remember where I saw it now), which said it
was formatted as MS-DOS (FAT32). Where to next!!!!
Thanks Barry
Hi Barry,
Click on the volume of the drive (under the Toshiba Media) in the
left hand pane.
Have now clicked on the volume of the drive and the format now comes
up as MS - DOS File System (FAT32).
I notice that there are four points to go to on the top of the
window. First Aid, Erase, RAID and Restore.
When I click on Raid there is a section called Volume Format, and
there are a number of options. One of the options is Mac OS
Extended (Journaled). Is that the option I should use and is that
the way to reformat the memory stick??
Many thanks Barry
Hi Barry,
The File Format MS-DOS (FAT32) is correct, you don't need to reformat
the memory stick, it is already formated.
If you need to erase any files that you have put in the flash drive at
any time, you click on the Volume (to highlight it) and then the
"Erase" tab ... then click the Erase button (beside "Security
Options") at the bottom of the window.
Always make sure you Eject the Memory stick correctly before you
unplug it from your computer.
Cheers,
Ronni
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